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Chapter 17<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 17 Verse 7<\/a><\/p>\n Ayu:sathva balArOgya sukhaprIthivivardhanA: |<\/em> Ayu:sathva balArOgya sukhaprIthivivardhanA: – nurturing life, knowledge, strength, health, comfort and happiness Food items which are nurturing life, knowledge, strength, health, comfort and happiness, filled with sweetness, having softness, leading to eternal goodness and pleasing to the eyes, are dear to sAthvikas (people who are in the mode of goodness).<\/p>\n ‘Dear to S\u0101tvika-men is food promoting life, mind, strength, health, comfort and relish; tasteful, oleaginous<\/a>, substantial and cordial.’<\/span><\/p>\n To those who are of Satva-quality, pure Satva-food becomes dear; and Satva-food prolongs life; also promotes the mind (satvam<\/em> = anta\u1e25kara\u1e47a<\/em>), the mind here signifying its manifestation or function of intelligence (j\u00f1\u0101nam<\/em>). As stated already in: \u201cFrom Satva-quality, knowledge is born\u201d (Gi:<\/em> XIV-17<\/a>), Satvam is promotive of intelligence; and hence food which is of Satvam is promotive of intelligence; also it is promotive of strength and health, and also comfort and relish. Comfort<\/em> (sukha<\/em>) is the feeling of happiness that arises when the food is undergoing the process of assimilation in the body. Relish (pr\u012bti<\/em>), means that good food serves to produce a relish or interest for undertaking works which are congenial. Rasy\u0101\u1e25<\/em> = Tasteful, savoury, sweet. Snigdh\u0101\u1e25<\/em> = Oleaginous<\/a> = Mixed with clarified butter etc. Sthir\u0101\u1e25<\/em> = Substantial or that which is well assimilable with the body. H\u1e5bidy\u0101\u1e25<\/em> = Cordial or agreeable.<\/span><\/p>\n These are called Satva-foods<\/em> which<\/em> Satva<\/em>-men like.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 17 Verse 9<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 7 SlOkam \u2013 Original Ayu:sathva balArOgya sukhaprIthivivardhanA: | rasyA: snigdhA: sthirA hrudhyA AhArA: sAthvikapriyA: || word-by-word meaning Ayu:sathva balArOgya sukhaprIthivivardhanA: – nurturing life, knowledge, strength, health, comfort and happiness rasyA: – filled with sweetness snigdhA: – having softness sthirA: … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-17","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n rasyA: snigdhA: sthirA hrudhyA AhArA: sAthvikapriyA: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nrasyA: – filled with sweetness
\nsnigdhA: – having softness
\nsthirA: – leading to eternal goodness
\nhrudhyA: – pleasing to the eyes
\nAhArA: – food items
\nsAthvika priyA: – dear to sAthvikas (people who are in the mode of goodness)<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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